retaining early label for "C.A. MORGENSTERN ANTIQUE FURNITURE / CHARLESTON, S.C." (see photos), Attributed to Duncan Phyfe, New York, circa 1820, flip top with reeded edge, interior with traces of early marbled paper, figured apron, lyre support with swan heads and brass strings, two turned supports, four acanthus carved muscular paw feet on casters, 29-1/4 x 36 x 18-1/4 in.
Provenance: The Collection of Joe Matthews and John Shank, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Note: Example of very similar form illustrated in Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, p. 206, fig. 30.
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The Collection of Joe Matthews and John Shank, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
restorations, repairs, and losses including later casters, light edgewear including small veneer loss to base, loss to leaf tips and puppy chew at base, base lacking applied rosettes, typical light wear overall
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